So afterwards I told Shorty Lahey he had made a mistake about Castle and he says âAll right and if he is a objecter it is up to us to talk him out of it.â So after supper tonight Castle was seting right near me in the recreation room and Shorty come up to him and says âWell Castle havenât you been able to get that party on the wire yetâ so Castle asked him what he meant and he says he heard Castle was waiting for a message from somewheres telling him if he should be a soldier or not so Castle didnât answer and begun to read. So Shorty says âYou ainât the only one that objects to war but we got to make the world safe for Democrats and you shouldnât ought to object to getting your head blowed off in a good cause.â So Castle spoke up and said he didnât object to getting killed but what he objected to was killing other people. So Shorty says âWell then all you got to do is stick along side of me in the trenches and when you get orders to go over the top you can slip me your gun and bayonet and I will see that they donât nobody sneak off with them dureing your absents.â So then Castle got up and walked out on us.
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